Planes and fun

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SF-Omy goodness: Seeing what was on the “trip ticket” from Air Canada, my gal and I drove to San Francisco International airport to pick up our son.

The printout from Air Canada read: Arrival Friday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. Then in very small print it read +1 day. Since his plane left the evening the day before I figured that was the reasoning for the extra day.

But no, after waiting until an hour after the scheduled arrival time, and beginning to worry, I phoned Air Canada to be told “that flight arrives tomorrow (Saturday, July 21) at 10:30.” I asked why they just didn’t put the actual arrival date on the ticket. They had no explanation.

With our vicious watchdog, Racer, home alone and inside, we returned to Madera and made the trip again Saturday morning. Two trips in two days without even getting into San Francisco. Bummer...